Funke, Funke Wisdom

Funke, Funke Wisdom Artist: Kool Moe Dee
Label: Jive
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 012414138828
EAN: 0012414138828
ASIN: B0000004WW


Release Date: 1991-06-04

Funke, Funke Wisdom


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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Funke Wisdom
  3. Here We Go Again
  4. To The Beat Y'All
  5. How Cool Can One Blackman Be
  6. Bad, Bad, Bad
  7. Rise 'N' Shine
  8. Mo' Better
  9. I Like lt Nasty
  10. Death Blow
  11. Let's Get Serious
  12. Poetic Justice
  13. Gangsta Boogie
  14. Times Up

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Funke, Funke album.......2007-03-06

To that fool riding Sissy Bee's jock like a motorcycle, You are a loser in the truest sense! Busy Bee is party rapper and a cheesy one at that and this is the punk you idolize? SLAP YOURSELF!!! One last note: learn how to spell horrible(horrable?) dumbass!!! Now that that is out of the way. Kool Moe is one of the pioneers that makes you wonder why somebody so great is criminally overlooked. His rhyme style was bonkers and for me to listen to him to this day and still hear the freshness of his rhymes says a lot. On this album he shows a knowledgeable side as well as a hip hop side. Standout Tracks: Funke Wisdom, Poetic Justice, Gangsta Boogie, Times Up, and Bad,Bad,Bad show Kool Moe Dee at his best. Death Blow is the nail in the coffin to LL Cool J as Kool Moe Dee dices up a pop icon who sold out ages ago. Kool Moe Dee also takes shots at LL in the Teddy Riley produced To The Beat Ya'll. Krs-One and Chuck D team up with Kool Moe Dee on the dynamite track Rise 'N' Shine. Filler: How Kool Can One Black Man Be is not KMD at his finest moment and he sounds like he took a cue from LL with the extra cheesy I Like It Nasty. Bottom Line: Funke, Funke Wisdom should not forgotten for it shows the growth of an underrated pioneer. Kool Moe Dee rhymes on this album are still great and the production was on point(except for the two songs mentioned in the filler section). All in all its a good album that should be a part of your Kool Moe Dee collection.

1 out of 5 stars Bad album.......2006-01-28

Pay no attention to the last reviews this album is horrable.

Don't even pay attention to this guy at all cause he sucks.

Busy Bee 4 Life.

5 out of 5 stars Overlooked Classic.......2005-07-18

Delivery wise I think this has to be one of the best albums I've ever heard. Moe Dee kept getting doper on each album. His delivery here is flawless. I wish other MCs could rap this precise and this crystal clear. Its a real treat to listen to comapared to most other MCs who by comparison mumble their flows. He switches up his flows often, moving from slower paced to extremely fast. Rhyme patterns are also excelent, and his choice of highly conscious subject matter mixed in with oldschool braggadocio is very entertaining. I don't find the beats here sparse either, most of them are oldschool style implementing soul samples. Very nice to listen to if you really are a fan of hip hop. I also think he crushed LL, who despite media hype and fanfare, is most definantly the weaker MC. If you don't think Moe Dee would've smashed him on the battle tip, you are delusional. Thats why LL didn't have the cajones to accept his challenge to an actual battle. Just pick this one up and all his other solo and group material. His influence on hip hop was immense and he had a long, dope career. Its a shame he does not get the recognition he deserves. One of the top 5 greatest MCs ever in my honest opinion.

3 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not good.......2004-11-05

This one was ok, but he was on his way out after this one. His lack of hot beats and contiuning the LL battle after "To da Break of Dawn" closed the door on Moe Dee, Hammer and Ice-T all in one song! If his beats would have gotten better, he could have lasted.

What lisp? Kool Moe Dee speaks loud and clear.

3 out of 5 stars Old School.......2002-10-25

Moe Dee is real old school, sparse beats with lots of macho posturing. The kind of free style that PE made irrelevant, but it took awhile for the MC's to get the word. He's pretty quick and fairly interesting given his self-imposed limitations, and this album is a good pick to get a feel for him. One amusing thing about him is he has a lisp, a funny affliction for a macho rapper. Not really my thing, by fans of Eric B & Rakim, 3rd Base, Big Daddy Kane and LL Cool J will probably enjoy him. Moe Dee has a famous rivalry with Cool J (check out `Death Blow') but this just adds to the amusement, his put down is nothing compared with Ice Cube's infamous, vicious `No Vaseline'.

Music Album:

  1. Tha Hall of Game ~ E-40
  2. State of the Arts ~ Afu-Ra
  3. The Best of Breed ~ MC Breed
  4. In the Mist of Guerillas ~ Guerilla Maab 3d2
  5. Brick Livin' ~ Mr. Marcelo
  6. Young, Rich and Dangerous ~ Kris Kross
  7. Hidden Stash II: The Kream of the Krop ~ Kottonmouth Kings
  8. Taste the Secret ~ Ugly Duckling
  9. This Is Madness (Spec) ~ Last Poets
  10. The Bricks ~ Outsidaz

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Expanded ~ Geoff Castle

Juggernaut Strikes Again ~ Frank Capp, Pierce Juggernaut Band

Windows ~ Lee Konitz

Swing 39 ~ Django Reinhardt

Original Masters ~ Latin Breed

En La Soledad ~ Tito Rodriguez

Zenide Y la Matancera Sound ~ Zenide

Arcadia Interpreta a Air Supply ~ Arcadia